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A List of Difficult Novels

Like the title says.... These are generally considered difficult novels to read by most people, for a combination of reasons that involve their prose, plot, density, and length. Then again, you might find some of these rather easy to read; if so, that's fantastic! Well, in any case, happy reading!
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A Heart So White (Javier Marías)
A Heart So White
1
Javier Marías
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
2
Flann O'Brien
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
3
José Saramago
Bottom's Dream (Arno Schmidt)
Bottom's Dream
4
Arno Schmidt
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
5
Samuel Richardson
Elizabeth Costello (J.M. Coetzee)
Elizabeth Costello
6
J.M. Coetzee
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
7
James Joyce
Flights (Olga Tokarczuk)
Flights
8
Olga Tokarczuk
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
9
Thomas Pynchon
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
10
Julio Cortázar
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
11
Mark Z. Danielewski
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
12
Italo Calvino
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
13
Marcel Proust
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
14
David Foster Wallace
Jealousy (Alain Robbe-Grillet)
Jealousy
15
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
16
Georges Perec
Lost in the Funhouse (John Barth)
Lost in the Funhouse
17
John Barth
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
18
Herman Melville
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
19
Joseph Conrad
Our Lady of the Flowers (Jean Genet)
Our Lady of the Flowers
20
Jean Genet
Palace of the Peacock (Wilson Harris)
Palace of the Peacock
21
Wilson Harris
Passing Time (Michel Butor)
Passing Time
22
Michel Butor
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
23
Juan Rulfo
Satantango (László Krasznahorkai)
Satantango
24
László Krasznahorkai
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
25
Saul Bellow
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
26
Franz Kafka
The Flanders Road (Claude Simon)
The Flanders Road
27
Claude Simon
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
28
Thomas Mann
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
29
Robert Musil
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
30
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H.
31
Clarice Lispector
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
32
William Gaddis
The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
The Sleepwalkers
33
Hermann Broch
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
34
William Faulkner
The Tunnel (William Gass)
The Tunnel
35
William Gass
The Unfortunates (B.S. Johnson)
The Unfortunates
36
B.S. Johnson
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
37
Samuel Beckett
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
38
Virginia Woolf
Thru (Christine Brooke-Rose)
Thru
39
Christine Brooke-Rose
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
40
Leo Tolstoy
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